Wedding Present (film)

1936 film by Richard Wallace

October 9, 1936 (1936-10-09)

Running time

81 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Wedding Present is a 1936 American romantic screwball comedy film directed by Richard Wallace and starring Joan Bennett, Cary Grant and George Bancroft. The screenplay was written by Joseph Anthony, based on a story by Paul Gallico. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures. Producer B. P. Schulberg was the firm's former studio head. The film reteamed Bennett and Grant, despite the fact their previous pairing Big Brown Eyes had not been a commercial or critical success.^[1]

Plot

Charlie Mason and 'Rusty' Fleming are reporters for a Chicago tabloid who are romantically involved. Charlie's mischievous shenanigans cause Rusty to move to New York. Charlie resigns his job and, along with gangster friend 'Smiles' Benson, he pursues Rusty to win her back before she marries a stuffy society author.

Cast

Joan Bennett as Monica 'Rusty' Fleming
Cary Grant as Charlie
George Bancroft as Stagg
Conrad Nagel as Dodacker
Gene Lockhart as Archduke Gustav Ernest
William Demarest as 'Smiles' Benson
Inez Courtney as Mary Lawson
Edward Brophy as Squinty
Purnell Pratt as Howard Van Dorn
Douglas Wood as Willett
George Meeker as Gordon Blaker
Damon Ford as Mike Haley
Lois Wilson as Laura Dodacker
Mary Forbes as Mrs. Dodacker
George Offerman Jr. as Sammy Smith
John Henry Allen as Jonathan
Torben Meyer as Winternitz
Charles Middleton as Turnbull
Heinie Conklin as Herman
Bradley Page as Givens
Clarence Wilson as Simmons
Estelle Etterre as Switchboard Operator
Dagmar Oakland as Reporter
Jack Mulhall as Reporter

References

^ Glancy p.147

Bibliography

Eyman, Scott. Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise. Simon and Schuster, 2021.
Glancy, Mark. Cary Grant, the Making of a Hollywood Legend. Oxford University Press, 2020.